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Adeosun, who spoke on Channels Television’s Inside Sources, explained that tax compliance had historically been weak, particularly among wealthy individuals and large corporations.

She referenced initiatives such as the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS), which targeted tax evasion.

“When you’re minister of finance, the word ‘no’ becomes your watchword. If your finance minister is loved by everybody, they’re probably not doing much of a job,” she said.

Adeosun also praised the Tinubu administration for pushing data harmonisation across government agencies, describing it as critical to improving tax collection and governance.

“I was excited when I saw moves to harmonise data. We’ve had TIN, NIN, BVN—too many numbers. Once you harmonise data, it becomes very difficult to hide,” she said.

The former minister further stated that access to integrated data allowed the government to identify individuals and companies benefiting from public resources without paying taxes, adding that “once you have data, and with AI, you can see very quickly who is not playing the game fairly”.

On insecurity, Adeosun said the current administration was demonstrating the political will to confront the challenge, though the challenge remained complex and longstanding.

She also recounted a personal experience during her time in office when her home was invaded, and she was robbed at knifepoint.

“It was extremely scary. I never slept in that house again,” the minister said.

“Insecurity didn’t start overnight, and it won’t end overnight. But what matters is that there is now a clear will to tackle it,” Adeosun added.

vanbonattel:
Go and do your NYSC madam.

BondRiv:
🤣 At what age? You must be joking.

BondRiv:
https://www.channelstv.com/2026/01/02/ex-minister-kemi-adeosun-backs-tax-reforms/

Chucks13:
Who is this again? What is our business with you Kemi Adeosun?

Look, Kemi I supported Tinubu and I'm still supporting him till 2031 but people like you should pls keep quiet [b]you messed up badly and you were paid off in NBilions and ran away and I'm sure you have finished spending the NBillion and you want to come back trying to play "bit by bit pig nose enter into a fence" ba? Pls rest abeg...[/b]

BondRiv:
https://www.channelstv.com/2026/01/02/ex-minister-kemi-adeosun-backs-tax-reforms/

samdaisi:
What some doom people just want to be hearing about this present government is evils because they have obsessed of evils, who soever that speak peace about Tinubu government automatically become their enemies,
Obi can't become Alaba president,Biafra president let alone of talking about president of federal republic of Nigeria

vanbonattel:
Go and do your NYSC madam.

vanbonattel:
Go and do your NYSC madam.

datola:
How did she mess up. She was paid in billions. How

Fiscus105:
It seems this one wants to join tyrant government, maybe, she is a replacement for Edun.

Oakenshield:
Fake Nysc candidate dn drop quote

samdaisi:
What some doom people just want to be hearing about this present government is evils because they have obsessed of evils, who soever that speak peace about Tinubu government automatically become their enemies,

Obi can't become Alaba president,Biafra president let alone of talking about president of federal republic of Nigeria

EkoIle1:
It is now abundantly clear that President Jonathan has finally bared his fangs confirming what was widely speculated. By declaring a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, he has intimidated and emasculated the governors of these States. We are witnessing a dangerous trend in the art of governance and a deliberate ploy to subvert constitutional democracy.

The body language of the Jonathan administration leads any keen watcher of events with unmistakable conclusion of the existence of a surreptitious but barely disguised intention to muzzle the elected governments of these states for what is clearly a display of unpardonable mediocrity and diabolic partisanship geared towards 2015.

Borno and Yobe states have been literally under armies of occupation with the attendant excruciating hardship experienced daily by the indigenes and residents of these areas. This government now wants to use the excuse of the security challenges faced by the Governors to remove them from the states considered hostile to the 2015 PDP/Jonathan project.

Let me be quick to say that this administration will be setting in motion a chain of events the end of which nobody can predict. Experience has shown clearly that actions, such as this one under consideration, often give root to radical ideologies and extremist tendencies, a direct opposite of the intended outcome of unwarranted and unintelligent meddlesomeness. The present scenario playing out in the country reminds one of the classical case of a mediocre craftsman who continually blames the tools of his trade for his serial failure but refuses to look at his pitiable state with a view to adjusting.


http://premiumtimesng.com/opinion/134435-jonathan-goes-for-broke-by-bola-ahmed-tinubu.html

Nostalemate:
NYSC Certificate abscondee ....



Shout-out to all chess players on nairaland earning via the game.